70 SURFEITS AND HIDEBOUND. 



Description of thie Wet Surfeit. 



(RECIPE, No. M.) 

 Surfeit Drink, 



Take — Carraway seeds, in powder, one ounce ; 



Gentian root, zedoary root, fenugreek seeds, 

 of each half an ounce, fresh powdered ; 



Mithridate, lialf an ounce. 



Let this drink be given in a pint and a half of 

 warm ale, in the morning fasting (no drinks should 

 he boiled that have in than either seeds or jwofs 

 containing an essential oil), and let him eat no- 

 thing for two hours after; then give him a mash 

 of bran and oats. The drink may be repeated 

 every other day, or every third day, or oftener, as 

 the case may require; taking care to give him at 

 least two mashes, and warm water, each day, dur- 

 ing the time of giving the drinks. 



What is understood by the name of Wet 

 Surfeit, is nothing more than a moist running 

 scurvy, which appears on different parts of the 

 body, with great heat and inflammation; the 



